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  2. Maria Ramos - Wikipedia

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    Prior to joining Absa as Group Chief Executive in March 2009, she was the Group Chief Executive of Transnet Limited, the state-owned freight transport and logistics service provider for five years. In addition to her role at Absa, Ramos has in the past served as a non-executive and independent director on the boards of Sanlam Limited , Remgro ...

  3. Internet - Wikipedia

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    The terms Internet and World Wide Web are often used interchangeably; it is common to speak of "going on the Internet" when using a web browser to view web pages. However, the World Wide Web, or the Web, is only one of a large number of Internet services, [19] a collection of documents (web pages) and other web resources linked by hyperlinks ...

  4. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The ANSI alphabetic state code is the same as the USPS state code except for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, which have an ANSI code "UM" but no USPS code—and U.S. Military Mail locations, which have USPS codes ("AA", "AE", "AP") but no ANSI code.

  5. List of wealthiest families - Wikipedia

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    The Welser family, alongside the Fugger one of the most important families of merchant bankers in 16th-century Europe. The Baring family, owners of an important merchant bank in London in the 18th to 19th centuries. The Schröder family, a leading Hanseatic family of Hamburg in the 18th to 19th centuries.

  6. One-party state - Wikipedia

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    A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. [1] All other parties are either outlawed or only enjoy limited and controlled participation in elections .

  7. Bank regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Apart from the bank regulatory agencies the U.S. maintains separate securities, commodities, and insurance regulatory agencies at the federal and state level, unlike Japan and the United Kingdom (where regulatory authority over the banking, securities and insurance industries is combined into one single financial-service agency). [1]

  8. State Bank of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) (Urdu: اسٹیٹ بینک پاکستان) is the central bank of Pakistan.Its Constitution, as originally laid down in the State Bank of Pakistan Order 1948, remained basically unchanged until 1 January 1974, when the bank was nationalised and the scope of its functions was considerably enlarged.

  9. Cohabitation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, a study was made of premarital cohabitation of women who are in a monogamous relationship. [11] The study showed "women who are committed to one relationship, who have both premarital sex and cohabit only with the man they eventually marry, have no higher incidence of divorce than women who abstain from premarital sex and cohabitation.